[Promotional bamboo fan with maps]

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The work [Promotional bamboo fan with maps] represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in UCLA Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Three Dimensional Object, Visual Materials.

Bamboo and brown paper fan issued in 1889 by the Los Angeles and Pacific Railway to promote a new line from downtown Los Angeles west to Santa Monica.

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realia

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The fan consists of an oval bamboo hoop on a bamboo handle. Within the hoop, thin bamboo spokes are arranged in a fan shape, and are covered on both sides with thin brown paper on which have been printed maps of the Santa Monica line, one in red, the other in black. One side of the fan displays weekday schedules, and has head-line "Keep cool and go to Santa Monica every Sunday on the new line;" the other side displays schedules for weekends, and has head line "Aint it hot! Are you going to Santa Monica? If so, be sure and take the new line." Also included is information on purchasing tickets, as well as a list of stops that include: Beaudry and Bellevue Aves, Prospect Park, Colegrove, Cahuenga Pass, Wynetka, Sunset, and Soldiers' Home